Environment Category Posts

Setting Record Straight on “Medicare for All”
Growth & Justice Senior Fellow Dane Smith was featured on Minnesota Public Radio last week. In an interview with Tim Pugmire, Smith set the record straight on recent campaign misrepresentations of our 2012 reports on the projected costs and benefits of a single public financing system for universal health care (also known as “single-payer’’ or “Medicare ... Read More

Movin’ on Up! Come to Growth & Justice Open House on Oct. 30
Growth & Justice is on the move this fall, building a new public policy blueprint that will push our state toward a more equitable prosperity. And we’ve literally moved too, to accommodate our expanding work and staff. We invite you to learn more about our ambitious new initiatives on October 30, anytime from 4 to 8 p.m., at an Open House in our new off... Read More

A Rural Addiction Crisis And Violent Crime
A basic premise behind our thematic emphasis on "One Minnesota" is that rural and metro Minnesotans are more alike than they are different. We maintain that both will be well-served by practical and progressive policies and public investment that addresses disparities and inequality and that invest in human potential. More evidence supporting this premise surfaced this sum... Read More

Kate Searls Joins Growth & Justice as Research Director
We’re thrilled to have Kate Searls join the Growth & Justice team as our Research Director, bringing along 25 years of research, evaluation and policy analysis experience in a range of social welfare and business topics, including affordable housing, improved income mobility, racial equity, and product and service innovation. Kate was most recently at Catholic Charities... Read More

TOPNOTCH SPEAKERS! Register Now for “Thriving by Design, Rural & Urban Together,” June 27-29, in Granite Falls
Our historic gathering in western Minnesota this summer will feature some of the most knowledgeable people in the entire region on our demographic and economic disparities, and how to fix them. Among our outstanding speakers will be: Minnesota Human Rights Commissioner Kevin Lindsey; S... Read More